The Skeleton Flashcards
How many bones form the typical adult skeleton?
206 Bones
What are the subdivisions of the skeleton?
The Axial skeleton and Appendicular skeleton
How many bones form the typical adult appendicular skeleton?
126 Bones
how many bones form the typical adult axial skeleton?
80 Bones
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?
28 Bones
What bones form the neurocranium of the typical adult skull?
The frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid and ethmoid
How many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?
8 Bones
How many bones form the facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral skeleton)?
14 Bones
By strict definition, what is the splanchnocranium?
The bones that support the face MINUS the mandible.
How many bones comprise the typical adult auditory ossicles?
6 Bones (The stapes, incus and malleus, each paired)
What is the name given to the presacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?
The spine
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult spine?
24 Bones
How many bones are present in the typical adult sternum?
1 Bone
What regions are present along the typical adult sternum?
The manubrium sterni, the corpus sterni and the xiphoid process
How many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?
12 Pair or 24 Ribs
